Simon Nicholas Van Petten [36671] ⁶⁸⁹

  General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Mrs. Vayo believes that Adam and his father, Simon, were. ⁶¹¹
tapsters

• MilService. ⁹⁷⁹⁴ Simon served under his brother Capt. John Van Patten in the 2nd
Albany Mililtia. It is likely he was the sharpshooter who
carried Claas' 'Old Hollander' flintlock into battle, a weapon
prized by seven generations including Capt. Adam Conde of the
Glenville Horse Artillery. It was reported that he (Simon)
felled an Indian walking along the far bank of the Mohawk;
quite a feat of marksmanship

Simon married Jannetje Vrooman [36672] [MRIN: 551605502], daughter of Hendrick Janse Vrooman [36897] and Engeltie Slingerlant [4955], on 27 Jan 1749/50 in First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York.⁹⁷⁹¹ (Jannetje Vrooman [36672] was born on 3 Nov 1727 in Schenectady, Albany County, New York ⁶⁸⁹, christened on 5 Nov 1727 in First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York ⁶⁸⁹ and died on 2 Feb 1804 in Schenectady, Albany County, New York.)